Tomei was born in Okayama prefecture.(Other sources state his place of birth as Tokyo).He later went to Waseda University in Tokyo, where he studied literature and became a poet himself, but also lectured about poetry.He also worked for the Yomiuri newspaper 讀賣新聞.

He promoted poetry in normal spoken language and edited the magazine自然と印象 (Nature and Impression)

Many criticized his poetry as vulgar and an affront to public morality, thus his activities were forbidden. 風俗紊乱

He left the literary circles in 1920 and became founding member and teacher at Showa Joshi Daigaku.

Enkichi died at age 91.His eldest son is Hitomi Kusuro 人見楠郎

Showa Joshi Daigaku 昭和女子大学Showa Women's University http://swu.ac.jp/

Japan Women's School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin), the predecessor of this university, was established by poet Enkichi Hitomi (pseudonym: Tōmei Hitomi), who gathered together his intelligentsia friends ...